Uses historical figures and fictional characters to trace the progression of the 1931 Scottsboro trial, during which nine black youths were accused of raping two white girls, and a series of figures from both sides of the case vied to either save the boys or condemn them to death.
year: 2008, 2009
call number/section: 1000
subjects: scottsboro trial, scottsboro, ala., 1931, fiction, african american men, trials (rape), racism, alabama, scottsboro (ala.), fiction, legal stories, legal stories
Editions
Feldman, Ellen
W. W. Norton & Company (2008)
Uses historical figures and fictional characters to trace the progression of the 1931 Scottsboro trial, during which nine black youths were accused of raping two white girls, and a series of figures from both sides of the case vied to either save the boys or condemn them to death.
Schools: 2
Feldman, Ellen
W.W. Norton (2009)
Alice Whittier, a crusading young journalist in 1931, leaves New York and travels to Scottsboro, Alabama, to cover the trial of nine African-American boys who have been accused of raping two white prostitutes who happened to be riding on the same freight train as the boys.
Schools: 1